And while it seemed for a while that a tour in support of the album would be, at best, far in the future—possibly even in promotion of both Sweetener and a forthcoming fifth album, which is already in the works—Grande admitted recently that she was both ready and needed to tour. (Back in September, Grande responded to a fan asking about tour dates on Twitter, telling them that she would not be touring for a "loooooooooooooong time.")

On Thursday (October 25), the artist dropped the initial round of her Sweetener tour dates on social media.